Station Eleven is one of those books that is so well-conceived and executed that you are sad when there's no more to read. After reading so many post-apocalyptic novels, many which barely bother to explain what caused society's collapse, I expected another contrived...
After a while, even the horrid conditions of prison become normal to its occupants. Waking up everyday in a concrete cell, being told when you can shower, use the phone, or even use the bathroom eventually fall into place as routine. No big deal ā it just is. I...
I cannot tell you how many times I've been on the phone while regrettably being forced to listen to another inmate on the phone next to me scold his girlfriend or mother for not doing something he had asked them to do. "Why haven't you sent the money? . . . you said...
Some mornings when I wake for breakfast chow at 3:00 or 3:30 here in the County Jail, I canāt help pondering the question of where they are able to find so many people with the same disposition; just dripping with contempt. Even though itās the same caliber...
We often hear of the exorbitant costs to operate prisons. State budgets are stretched thin and perpetually strained in order to incarcerate tens of thousands of people, for many years at a time. But other costs are absorbed by the casualties of incarceration that...
Fascinating. Riveting. Provocative. The list of superlatives to describe this book could go on for pages. Johanson - the famed archeologist who discovered the 3.2 million-year-old hominid (human ancestry) fossil - has written a book for the ages with this one. This...
This past Friday (also known as Good Friday) I volunteered to work in the visiting room. I'd been asked--along with several others--to man the table set up with freshly brewed coffee, assorted flavors of creamer, sugar, tea, instant cocoa, and all the utensils...
The Imperfect Hero: 1776 - A Review Ā All men are flawed and make mistakes. Character is that quality in a man that transcends his flaws and propels him to success. In reading David McCullough's 1776,Ā one will become intimate with George Washington's flaws and...
Submitted by Larry,Ā an inmate on Death Row in Pennsylvania fighting for his exoneration.
This is our first post from Larry, an inmate on Death Row in Pennsylvania fighting for his exoneration. Watch forĀ more of his work here on our blog. The Woman Her mysterious strength within carries an aura of sea water whispers not dreams. Upon her face are two...